Ever imagined what it must have been like in the days before GPS and radar?  This beautiful two volume set, Pilots- the World of Pilotage Under Sail and Oar details the amazing world of piloting; the cutters, the schooners, the rowing craft and, above all, the men and their stories.  Historians worked together for five years to turn out this authoritative and beautiful work.  Volume 1: Pilot Schooners of North America and Great Britain covers the California Gold Rush,the powerful schooners of Liverpool and so much more.  Volume 2: Schooners and Open Boats of the European Pilots and Watermen details the world of pilots brigs and small undecked craft, as wll as the sailors and their lives at sea.